That is to say, after the implementation of the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law, the Hong Kong police continued to hunt down dissidents, which is regarded as the Hong Kong SAR government's reckoning after the fall. China further disqualified four Hong Kong legislators, prompting the resignation of all pan-democratic lawmakers in protest. Hong Kong's one country, two systems, Hong Kong people administering Hong Kong, has come to this point, and it is considered to exist in name only.
There are various opinions and speculations about why the Chinese government will recklessly abandon its political commitments and take a heavy photo background removing hand on Hong Kong, but one thing that is less discussed is the 2022 crisis facing Xi Jinping. Chinese leaders usually have a lot of power, but of all the titles, three are the most important, one is the general secretary of the Communist Party of China, the other is the president of the People's Republic of China, and the last is the chairman of the Military Commission. These three identities allow Chinese leaders to control the "party, government, and army." In China's system where the party leads the government, the general secretary of the party is the most important.
Among the three positions, the Party General Secretary and the Chairman of the Military Commission are not limited to the number of consecutive terms, but the President of the State is limited to two terms. Xi Jinping had previously amended the constitution to remove the term limit for the president, and was seen as paving the way for lifelong rule. In fact, Xi Jinping's post of state president will not expire until 2023, but in 2022, Xi Jinping's post as general secretary of the party will expire first ten years, that is, two full five-year terms. Among the past two leaders, Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao both served for ten years for the second term, establishing the tenure system for Chinese leaders. If Xi Jinping wants to rule for life, he must be re-elected